It’s been 18 months since Tyson Fury stopped Deontay Wilder in the seventh round of their rematch. Wilder has waited through legal machination and a COVID delay to get a shot at regaining his WBC heavyweight title. Now, he’ll finally meet Fury in the ring again on Saturday night when […]
Oleksandr Usyk came into his heavyweight title bout against Anthony Joshua as an underdog, but a live one who represented a real threat to the WBA, WBO, and IBF champion. After winning convincingly, Usyk proved that he belongs near the top of the heavyweight boxing rankings. But exactly where does […]
Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk have enjoyed similar boxing careers, from Olympic gold medals to dominant reigns as professional champions. But most of Usyk’s success has come at cruiserweight, and that could be enjoy to give Joshua a decisive advantage as he defends his WBO, WBA, and IBF heavyweight titles […]
Muhammad Ali received the Ken Burns treatment with a four-part documentary series, currently airing on PBS and available online through the PBS app, which covers Ali’s legendary career as the three-time world heavyweight champion and anti-war activist. Burns directed and produced the documentary with his daughter, Sarah Burns, and her […]
Former cruiserweight and heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield is making his first fight appearance in 10 years on Saturday when he takes on former MMA champion Vitor Belfort in the main event of a Triller Fight Club per-per-view card. The fight has attracted extensive criticism since Holyfield stepped in to […]
Oscar Valdez and Robson Conceicao are both undefeated boxers with a rivalry that dates back to their time as amateur fighters. Yet, it’s a series of decisions outside the ring that are overshadowing any talk about their Friday night fight at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona. Valdez tested positive […]
Derek Brunson defeated Darren Till on Saturday at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas to earn one of the biggest wins of his career and, potentially, secure a title shot in the middleweight division. Brunson scored a third-round submission via rear-naked choke, his first submission victory since 2013. Brunson uses […]
YouTuber Jake Paul faces the biggest test of his young professional boxing career on Sunday when he battles former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in Cleveland. Woodley, like all of Paul’s opponents, will be making his debut as a professional boxer in the bout. Paul carefully steps up boxing competition […]
Manny Pacquiao hasn’t stepped into a boxing ring in more than two years, but the Filipino legend still enters his fight on Saturday in Las Vegas against Yordenis Ugas as the favorite to regain the WBA welterweight title. Ugas stepped in at the last moment to replace WBC and IBF champion […]
Last June, Joshua Franco did just enough to earn a unanimous decision over Andrew Moloney to win the WBA super flyweight title. In November, Moloney took the fight to Franco, but saw his hopes dashed when officials stopped the fight after just two rounds because of damage to Franco’s eye. […]
John Riel Casimero will try to defend his WBO bantamweight championship against the 40-year-old Guillermo Rigondeaux in what looks like the most evenly matched battle on a night of marquee boxing fights. Casimero (30-4, 21 KOs) rides a six-fight winning streak into the bout at Dignity Health Sports Park in […]
Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will still fight for a third time later this year — just not as soon as we all expected. Top Rank announced Thursday that the WBC heavyweight championship will now take place on Oct. 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Fury cleared to travel […]
Tyson Fury has scaled boxing’s mountain top, and has been preparing to cement his place among the sport’s pound-for-pound greats with another win over Deontay Wilder. But there’s one opponent the lineal and WBC heavyweight champion can’t fight in the ring: COVID-19. A coronavirus outbreak in Fury’s training camp is […]
Chan Sung Jung kept himself in the mix for a featherweight title shot on Saturday night with a convincing win over Dan Ige in the main event of UFC Fight Night. Jung won a unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the fight 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 in his favor. Jung uses […]
The undefeated Naoya Inoue will get another chance to show off his skills to an American audience on Saturday, as the IBF and WBA bantamweight champion takes on mandatory challenger Michael Dasmarinas in Las Vegas. Inoue (20-0, 17 KOs) has established himself as the best bantamweight boxer in the world, […]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Logan Paul threw few punches and landed even less in their eight-round exhibition battle on Sunday night in Miami. As agreed, there was no official scoring for the bout, so neither man won the contest. It was a fitting and perhaps predictable end to a spectacle […]
Even the most naïve sports fans must know that Sunday’s boxing exhibition between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Logan Paul at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami will be more about entertainment than world-class pugilism. But some bettors will still look to get action down on the fight, even with a strange […]
In his fourth professional fight, YouTuber Jake Paul will once again step up his level of competition by taking on someone with a bit more striking experience than his previous opponent. But by choosing Tyron Woodley, Paul is still avoiding the one thing that could bring competitive legitimacy to his […]
Until the introduction of social media, the only time you’d be able to follow a professional boxer’s journey would be during a TV interview, press conference, weigh-in, or fight night. Now, thanks to platforms such as Instagram, we’re able to get an insight into the lives of the most formidable […]
Someone will leave Las Vegas as the unified super lightweight champion on Saturday night after Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez battle for all four major belts in the weight class. Taylor holds the IBF and WBA belts at 140 pounds, while Ramirez holds the WBC and WBO titles. Few undisputed […]
